After a decade or so of owning a coastal holiday house a few houses back with limited views, the clients, an Auckland family of five, decided to take the plunge and when one of the last beachfront…
Te Hihi embraces the interminable rural setting amidst the gentle rolling landscape distinctive of Karaka, 45 kilometers south of Auckland City. The building is sited where two valleys converge to form a narrowing spur of land from…
This Black Urban Cottage was designed by CoLab Architecture, an architecture practice based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The idea of the Urban Cottage stems from a shared fascination between the Architect and Client with early colonial workers cottages,…
Ware Koa House is a former holiday home recently renovated by Strachan Group Architects, a multiple award-winning Auckland practice. Opahi Bay has been the McGreal family holiday destination since the early 1950’s
Mount Eden House is a single-family residence recently completed by Strachan Group Architects, a multiple award-winning Auckland practice. Mount Eden House is winning at the 2017 Auckland Architecture Awards.
Coromandel Bach House was designed by Crosson Architects. Located in Coromandel, New Zealand, this vacation home was conceived as a simple timber container that could be closed off when vacated. Conceived as a container sitting lightly on the…
Located in Waiheke Island, New Zealand, the Tent house is a small home designed by Chris Tate Architecture. Set in bush and bounded on three sides by roads and a wetland, the site was challenging. The tent-like…
Hahei Beach House, crafted by Evelyn McNamara Architecture alongside Chris Tate Architecture, tackles a steep coastal site with a striking modernist solution. By drawing inspiration from a majestic Pohutukawa tree at the property’s base, the architects created…
Evelyn McNamara Architecture has completed Ema House, a vacation home located in Waiheke Island, New Zealand. From the architect: The Ema House is a high-spec architecturally designed holiday home. The brief was to create a modern minimalist
